Vladislav was accused of repeatedly publicly insulting government officials and disclosing their personal information in the Telegram channels and chats "Punishermen of Belarus," "Chat-Partisan," and "My Country Belarus." He pleaded not guilty at his trial, claiming he could not remember the comments and data he posted due to a mental illness—mixed personality disorder—and subsequently refused to provide an explanation. His mother confirmed the diagnosis, but experts stated that the condition does not affect memory or the ability to understand one's actions.
Trial outcome 02.11.2023
4 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 100 basic values fine.
Convicted for participating in protests in 2020. She was detained after she was invited to pick up her mobile phone at the police department (which was not returned when she was detained in 2020).
Trial outcome 31.10.2023:
2 years 7 months of restriction of freedom without direction.
First, in April 2023, he was detained under an administrative article allegedly for "propaganda or public display, production, distribution of Nazi symbols or attributes." After that, a criminal case was opened.
It is known that in March 2023, the man published a video in support of Ukraine on his TikTok account with just over a thousand subscribers, in which Lukashenko was also harshly criticized. The video is currently unavailable. It is known about the man that he is divorced and works as a car mechanic.
On 01.02.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
He was scheduled to be releasedonJuly15,2025.
Trial outcome 01.11.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
State TV reported on the details of the trials of the two men (Borisov Vadim Sergeevich and Volk Oleg Aleksandrovich). The voiceover said that one of the men, drunk, tore a state flag off a store on the evening of September 8, 2023 in the village of Novaya Mysh (Baranovichi district), damaging the fastening. He put the flag in a backpack and took it home. The police came for the man in the morning.
On 19.01.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he was released on June 9, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 31.10.2023
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Borisov photographer who was detained on June 22, 2023. Security forces searched the house and took away computer equipment. After this, Zenkov was immediately taken to Minsk, where he was kept for some time in the temporary detention center on Akrestsin, and then transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 1.
As BAJ wrote , the photographer was detained in July 2020. In September, police officers came to Zenkov to “warn him about the inadmissibility of violating the law.”
Alexander Zenkov has worked as a freelance photographer since 1998, collaborating with regional independent publications.
On April 16, 2024, Alexander had a hearing of his appeal.
The man was accused of participating in protests in Minsk in 2020, entering the roadway and blocking public transport. According to the court ruling, during the march he shouted the slogan “Long Live Belarus” and also “ used a poster with images of people with bodily injuries as protest symbols.” Evgeniy admitted guilt.
After the verdict was announced, the man was released from custody in the courtroom.
Evgeniy has a secondary specialized education, is registered as an individual entrepreneur and is raising two minor children.
It is reported that in August 2023, Khachaturov “deliberately tore the national flag from the building of one of the shopping centers in Bobruisk, breaking the flagpole, after which he held it in his hands and waved it above himself.”
Evgeniy fully admitted his guilt in the charges brought against him.
The hearing of the appeal against the verdict is scheduled for January 21, 2024. Presumably the sentence was replaced by restrictions of freedom without direction.
Trial outcome 24.10.2023:
1.6 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility.
The sentence was probably changed on appeal.
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